I think that we all can influence how our lives turn out. As for Karma, I think this is covered by the addage "Live well and good things will happen." Though I do believe that the addage "Good decisions make for good results" is more accurate.

I disagree with House.

i think that is looking at the smaller picture....i think that we all want instant gratification or instant revenge but that does not happen. our father works on his own time and in the end we all get wat we deserve

I agree with half of what House said. I do think that people sometimes just get what they get. I don't believe that everything happens to everyone because they deserve it. However, I do believe that there is something we can do about it. We can put ourselves in positions to receive good things, we can remove ourselves from bad situations and we can learn from our experiences so that we are wiser the next time around.

wow, this is so perfect for how i feel right now. i just read that to DH he nodded his head and smiled : )

I think if you behave in a hateful way, you get hateful results. If you are kind, then you get kindness. Its a matter of attitude and the way you see things.

Yes, you can call it karma or you reap what you sow, but really, it is what it is. People who are hateful are unhappy. BMs that are ridiculous must be generally unhappy or they wouldn't spew evil all the damn time. They are getting what they put into it.

We are basically happy and friendly around my house. There is no evil, hateful intentions. Everyone just wants to get along and have a good life.

After my first husband died, there were so many people offering "kind words of advice". My mother, who was doing her best to fake compassion, was going on and on and on....

I looked at her and said, "You know, you don't always get what you want. Sometimes you just get what you get." We were good, hard-working people. Active in the church, PTA, and all of the family stuff. Cancer ate him alive at the age of 42. It had nothing to do with Karma.

However, I do wonder what the heck I did in my FORMER life to be saddled with these numbskull stepkids!

I went through the same exact things,

How did Karma play in when my late died of cancer at 52 years old, leaving a 35 yo. widow behind and a 16 yo. adopted daughter in pure agony?

I heard every "condolonce" you could imagine. " It's for the best." "I'm sure he is better off."

Karma is not always what one thinks. The universe does his/ her own thing and does not take every single life form into any consideration. You can ride with the cosmos, or get dissapointed real quickly. We are not as "seperate" as one would think.

Yes I believe in Karma...or whatever you want to call it. What comes around goes around....you reap what you sow....all of these are saying for a reason. If you are negative, and you treat people according to that negativity, then that is all you will get in return. If you are positive and you treat people in a positive manner, then it will come back to you in a positive light. It has obviously been witnessed time and again throughout the centuries.

Karma is something that only happens to people WITH a conscience. JMHO.

i believe we reap what we sow, and eventually everything will come back around. I believe our bad times are punishments from God for an act that we did

~sigh~ I must have been one mean b*tch in a past life then.